Joe Anna Hibler 07/20/2007

Born in Shattuck, Oklahoma in 1939. She was the first female president of Southwestern Oklahoma State University where she served from 1990 to 2001. She spent thirty-six years at Southwestern in administrative positions as well as teaching business courses. She was only the second woman in the history of Oklahoma to lead an institution of higher education, and the first to be appointed by a Board of Regents in Oklahoma. She served on the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges and as chair of the board for the Women's Foundation of Oklahoma. She was inducted in the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 2007.